Genre research: Lord of the Rings

For this blog I chose to watch the movie Lord of the Rings. I have watched that movie before a long time ago, so I had to rewatch it again to remember the details. Lord of the rings uses many different types of Camera Angles, Movement and shots. Dragons are part of this movie and to film them, even though they are not real an aerial shot is used. This technique is  used throughout the movie since some of the action scenes at the end of the movie have dragons. Over the shoulder shot is also used many times in the movie when characters are having dialogues between each other. Since Lord of the rings is an epic film, a lot of mysterious places. That’s where the establishing shots come from, it is used a lot to show the difference places where the scenes take place. Long shots were also used sometimes during the movie. When they were showing the weapons that the movie characters were using, the long shot technique was used because to show the weapon they had to show the characters holding them because they were too big. Close ups were also used to express characters live reactions to the actions taking place. Camera Movements played a big part in this movie. Pan was used a lot in the movie to give the person watching a better image of what is taking place in a certain scene. Zoom sometimes in this movie to focus in certain things like jewelry or weapons. A tracking shot was used once throughout this movie when they had to follow a person going into a house, it helped the viewers to have a stronger understanding about the situation. Lighting played a big part in this movie. Depending on where the scene was taking place a different set of lighting was there. Costumes and makeups are probably what makes this movie so great. The amount of detail in the costumes of the actors is unreal and the perfection of the makeup is also there. There are many monsters and goblins in the movie and not all of them are special effects some are humans with makeup on and they look very realistic. There are many Props used throughout this movie but the ones that are most shown are the swords and other types of weapons. Sounds are also something that this movie has lots of. Many types of sounds are used, and Diegetic sound is one of them. When some characters are walking through the woods, the noise that they make when they step on dry leaves is natural from the scene. Non diegetic sound is also used a lot during the movie, but one of the most noticeable examples is when the dragon growls, the sound of the growl is added to the scene making it more realistic. Score! is also used at the end of the movie before the credits come up. In editing what really caught my attention was the the use of the flashback. That helped me to understand better the background of one of the characters. There was also a lot of jump cuts throughout this movie, specially during the action scenes. As an epic movie, Lord of Rings does not disappoint. It has that magic and mysterious touch in it that makes it a great Epic Genre movie.